daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-23 days agoHow the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upsetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkHow the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upsetwww.theguardian.comdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoNo one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
minus-squareGLC@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAnd “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNo idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.
No one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
And “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
No idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.
You’re finally talking sense.